2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 33

Round 12 I will have
Gutherson
J Graham
Lamb
BJ Leilua
Fensom
Bateman
Mooper

In other news today, fuck fuck fuck.

Cowboys v Broncos changes:

Round 12 I'll have:
Macca, J. Graham, Grant, Fensom, Whitehead, Asiata, Bhana ??, B. Hunt, Mbye, Lamb, Holland, Aitken & Gutherson. Also have Feeney & JLJ but very unlikely to play.

If I trade in Leilua today that's another one.
Will try & get 17 for round 12.

Apparently Soliola has travelled over & if he passes a late fitness test could be a late inclusion. If he does I'd say he'll come off the bench since he's been out so long.

I heard that he didnt travel due to the birth of his 2nd child?

This was according to Jack Brady on NRL.com's Ins & Outs...

Sik wrote:I heard that he didnt travel due to the birth of his 2nd child?

http://www.fantasyfootballnuts.org/nrl-early-morning-mail-saturday-games/

Who knows what to believe lol

Playing with bye planner, with my planned trades throughout the origin period I'll have:

13 for round 12 (not including Feeney)
14 for round 15
but scraping 10 maybe for round 18.

Should be able to choose a solid 17 out of 19 for rounds 13 and 16. Rd 19's a worry because I'll have 17 but a few of them will be gumbies.

Going with the fuck Rd 18 approach as I work toward my final 17.

Not sure if anyone has him but Pat Mata'utia is playing NSW Cup.

Johnny B Goode wrote:My approach to Round 12 is if I go all out for that one while that's the tricky round for most I can use that to get ahead. I'll probably have about 13 players which isn't a lot but if I wanted to get more I'd probably have to do something stupid like trade Barba or Teddy out for Aitken which isn't too smart. Not entirely unsold on trading Barba out for Aitken though

Yeah I think I'm going to hold Barba after all, through the origin period and eventual upgrade to Ted who I don't have yet. Thinking of Bringing Aitken into the centres instead, initially for Auva'a (who I think is peaked because he's terrible) giving me Aitken Claw and Holland for round 12 then cashing out Holland for a nuffie. If Harris gets DPP he could come in for Claw just in time for Claws bye, and if Harris doesn't get dpp then Aitken and Claw still a solid centre pairing.

If all goes to plan would leave me 6 trades for the run in if no long term injuries during the origin period. Probably cutting it too fine, but gotta take a risk I think and give it a red hot go?

Weather is atrocious in Taranaki. Thunderstorms and heavy rain last night, and pretty heavy rain between 2 and 8pm tonight forecast so Mannering for 60+ and not sure about anyone else.
SJ may break a few tackles but all in all I would expect lots of dropped balls and low scores.

Bhana playing NSW Cup.

Dugan cleared to play Origin according to ZeroTackle.

Jason Taylor speaking on Triple M. Said that he wants ET to be the defensive steel in the middle that his team needs. He was happy that he made 50 tackles last week. So it seems he will be in for a big role at the tigers.

Wondering if the storms in NZ makes it worthwhile subbing in Holland rather than playing Croker?
Knowing my luck Holland won't play and I will end up with a poor Guthers AE

Birdy wrote:Jason Taylor speaking on Triple M. Said that he wants ET to be the defensive steel in the middle that his team needs. He was happy that he made 50 tackles last week. So it seems he will be in for a big role at the tigers.

I might reverse my taupau to Thompson trade and bring in ET instead

Pookus McFly wrote:Wondering if the storms in NZ makes it worthwhile subbing in Holland rather than playing Croker?
Knowing my luck Holland won't play and I will end up with a poor Guthers AE

Maybe Gutherson will pump our another 80 though...

Finch wrote:

Maybe Gutherson will pump our another 80 though...

Or maybe he will score closer to the 26 average he holds when you remove his one-off 85 at fullback

Finch wrote:

Birdy wrote:Jason Taylor speaking on Triple M. Said that he wants ET to be the defensive steel in the middle that his team needs. He was happy that he made 50 tackles last week. So it seems he will be in for a big role at the tigers.

I might reverse my taupau to Thompson trade and bring in ET instead

BE 57, will watch him closely this week.

SI wrote:

BE 57, will watch him closely this week.

Who would you trade for him?